Hat holder



HAT HOLDER Filed June 15, 192s s sheets-sheet 1 Inventar.

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J. RUBIN HAT HOLDER Oct. 2.2, 1929.

Filed June 13, 192s 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 oct. 22, 1929. VJ. RUBIN 1,732,863

HAT HOLDER Filed aune l5, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Inventar Jacob Rubz'n Patented Qct. 22, 1929 OFFICE JACOB RUBIN, F CHARLESTON, VJEST VIRGINIA I-IAT HOLDER Application led .Tune 13, 1928.

The present invention relates to improvements in supports and has reference more particularly to a hat holder.

One of the important objects of the present invention is to provide a device for supporting a hat on any suitable support, such as a shelf, wall, automobile body or beneath a theatre chair.

One of the important objects of the present invention is to provide a hat holder' that can be readily and easily attached or disengaged with respect to the support7 the device including a crown receiving frame that is covered with suitable material to prevent l5 soiling of the hat by the device.

A further object is to provide a hat holder of the above mentioned character which is simple in construction, inexpensive, strong and durable and further well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent during the course of the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

In the accompanying drawings wherein like reference characters indicate corresponding part-s throughout the same:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a supporting shelf showing the headed fasteners driven into the bottom thereof for supporting the hat holder.

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the hat holder in the act of being attached to the headed fasteners.

Figure 3 is a similar view showing the position of one of the spring arms as the adj acent headed fastener is about to enter the 4G in the horizontally disposed portion of the fill larger portion of the key hole slot formed Serial No. 285,138.

with respect to the crown receiving frame, the latter being shown fragmentarily.

Figure 7 is a detail showing the covering that is wrapped around the crown receiving frame of the hat holder.

Figure 8 is a sectional view taken approximately on the line 8--8 of Figure 7 Figure 9 is a fragmentary side elevation of a modification of the crown receiving frame showing a portion of the wrapping therearound.

Figure 10 is a vertical sectional view taken approximately on the line 1010 of Figure 9.

Figure 11 is a detail perspective View of another form of the hat holder wherein the same is constructed of wire.

Figure 12 is a view similar to Figure 11 showing still a further modification.

Figure 13 is a modification of the horizontal free end portion of the spring arm disclosed in Figures 5 and 6.

Figure 111 is a group perspective view of a further modification of the securing means for each end of the hat holder. 70

Figure 15 is a modification of the headed fastener that is adapted to be driven into the support to which the hat holder may be detachably secured.

Figure 16 is a side elevation of a. modilica tion of the fastener, and

Figure 17 is a view illustrating the manner in which said fastener as shown in Figure 16 is secured to a nece of cloth.

In the drawings with reference more particularly to Figures 1 to 8 inclusive wherein is shown the preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 1 designates a portion of a shelf or other suitable support and adapted to be driven into the under side of the shelf at predetermined spaced parts are the headed fasteners 2 that have their heads spaced from the bottom face of the shelf to cause a` portion of the shank of each fastener to project as clearly illustrated in F igures 1 and f1, inclusive.

The hat holder which is designated generally by the numeral 3 comprises a substantially circular fra me 1 formed of sheet metal, and this frame is farmed by p splitting an 1G@ elongated relatively wide tlat strip-of metal longitudinally at its intermediate portion and then directing the split portions outwardly in opposite directions to form a ringlike structure as suggested in Figures 5 and 6.

he respective end portions ot the elongated strip ot flat metal from which the frame 4 is constructed constitutes what I term as the diametrically opposed spring arms 5 and 6,

respectively, and the inner end portion of each arm is curved downwardly, and thence upwardly, and the outer end portion ot each spring arm is disposed horizontally as at 7. Formed in the horizontal outer end portion 7 of each spring arm is the lrey hole slot 8, and as clearly shown in Figures 5 and 6 of the drawings, the larger portion ot the key hole slot is located adjacent the curved inner end portion ot the respective spring arm.

Suitable covering is wrapped around the vertically disposed crown receiving frame 4, and also around the curved portions of the spring arms as illustrated at 9, and this coveringv may be of any suitable material such asA fabric, rubber or the like, and is preterably wrapped spirally as suggested in Figure 7. The purpose of t-his covering tor the frame 4 is to prevent soiling of the hat that isV placed in the holder and to further prevent the sharp edges of the holder coming in contact with the hat, and causing injury thereto.

The use or"l the hatholder disclosed in Figures 2 to 5 inclusive may be brieiiy stated as follows The hat to be supported is placed in the holder so that the crown passes through the trame 4 and the brim will rest on the covered 'upperedge of the frame 4 as clearly shown. The .spring` arm 5 is engaged with one of the headed pins or fasteners 2 so that the head oi the fastener will pass through the enlarged portion ot the key hole slot formed inthe horizontal portion ot' the spring arm 5 and then the person holding the other spring arm pulls the same toward himseltl causing the shanlrof` the headed pin to be disposedV in the narrow portion of the key hole slot. r)The other spring arm 6 is then vslightly pulled outwardly and is raised to the position shown in Figure 3 so that the headed pin will be in alinement with the enlarged portion ot the keyhole slot formed in thehorizontal outer end portion of the Vspring arm 6, and then a further rupward movement oi" this spring arm Causes the headed pin to enter the slot and when the spring arm 6 is released, the resiliency of said arm will cause the latter to move in a directien toward the frame 4 whereupon the headed pin at the'lett hand side ot the holder willY be disposed in the narrow portion of the lrey hole slot formed in the outer horizontal f end portion ot thespring arm 6 as shown very clearly inrFigure 4, and in this manner the holder is positively secured to the underside of the shelf and the hat will be properly susiended in the holder against displacement therefrom.

Whenever it becomes necessary to remove the hat, the spring arms arc actuated to disoose the headed pins in alignment with the larger ends of the key hole slots whereupon said holder can be readily and easily re moved in its entirety and the hat then removed from the holder. Bitter the hat has been removed, the holder ma again be secured in position to the under s1de of the shelf.

In Figures 9 and 10 of the drawings, there is shown a modiiication of the trame disclosed in Figure 5 wherein the upper edge of the circular frame is formed with a laterally disposed tlange 10 whereby to provide a rela,- tively wide support for the brim ol the hat and the flanged portion will also be covered with the remaining portion of the frame by the covering 9 as clearly suggested in these particular figures of the drawings.

lilith reference now to Figure 13, there is disclosed a slight modification to the horizontal outer end portion of each of the spring arms of the type of hat holder embodied in Figure 5, and in this respect, the horizontal portion 7 is formed with a transverse slot 11 that entends inwardly from one side edge ol the horizontal portion to the narrow portion of the lrey hole slot whereby to facilitate lateral engagement or disengagement with the headed fasteners secured to the support to which the hat holder is to be attached.

ln Figure 15 there is disclosed a modification of the headed fastener wherein the same comprises a thumb screw 12 that may be driven into the support to which the hat holder is to be attached.

lith reference now to Figure 11 there is shown a further modification of the hat holder wherein the same is constructed ot wire. The hat holder as disclosed in this particular ligure of the drawings is designated generally by the numeral 13, and it will be observed that an elongated strand of spring wire is bent to form the ground receiving frame 14, and extending from the frame is the free end portion otl the wire that is bent to 'form the curved spring arm 15, the outer end thereof being disposed laterally and bent back upon itselie to form a fastener engaging hook 16.

A separate spring arm 17 constructed from similar material has its inner end coiled about the frame 4 at a point diamctrically opposite the spring arm 15 and soldered or otherwise iXedly attached thereto as at 18 and the outer end of this independent spring arm is disposed laterally and thence bent back upon itselr to form a fastener engaging hook 1S) similar to the hook 16 formed on the outer end of the spring arm 15, and the manner in which these hooks detachably engage with the headed pin that depends from the shelf or other support is exactly the same in which the key hole slot S in the spring arms 5 and 6 cooperate with the headed pin.

ln Figure 12 there is shown still a further modification of the hat holder wherein the same includes the horizontally disposed crown receiving frame that is constructed of fiat metal and extending from the frame at diametrically opposite point-s are the curved spring arms 21 and 22, respectively, that are formed also of flat metal and the outer ends of these curved spring arms are disposed horizont-ally as at 23 and each is formed with the key hole slot 24- for the same purpose as the key hole slot 8 formed in the horizontal outer end portion 7 of each of the spi-ing arms 5 and 6 heretofore described in detail.

While I have not illustrated the hat holders embodied in Figures 11 and 12 as being covered with suitable material, it is to be understood however that the frame and portions of the spring arms are 'to be covered to protect the hat from coming in contact with the metal from which the hat holder is formed.

lin Figure 11i there is illustrated a different type of means for detachably securing the hat holder to a support and to this end, each of the curved spring arms associated with the crown receiving frame has its outer end formed with the horizontally disposed elongated rounded terminal 25 that slidably [its within a transverse opening 26 formed in the head 27 of a screw fastener 28.

For the purpose of securing the hat holder to fasteners that may be driven into fabric material, there is employed a particular type of fastener, and attention is now directed to Figures 16 and 17 of the drawings. This fastener comprises a tubular shank 29 that is formed at one end with a head 30 and the free end of the shank is slit longitudinally as at 31 whereby to form a plurality of bendable prongs 32" and when the fastener is to be used, the pointed prongs pierce the fabric A, and the free ends of the prongs are bent laterally in an outward direction to engage the inner .side of the fabric, and as is clearly indicated in the drawings the upper ends of the slits terminate in spaced relation with respect to the head 3() whereby a portion of the shank will be spaced from the outer face of the fabric to receive the hooked slotted ends of the spring arms that are carried by the crown recoiving1 frame of the hat holder.

lt will thus be seen from the foregoing description that l have provided a hat holder that ca be manufactured at a very low cost, and due to its simplicity may be readily attached or removed from the support with i which the hat holder may be associated and when attached to this support will properly hold the hat in a safe condition. A device of this character may be used wherever a hat is to be hung, and will not occupy much space, nor necessitate any alterations to the supporting surface with which the holder may be detachably associated.

Furthermore, a hat holder of the above mentioned character will be strong and durable and at all times positive and efficient in carrying out the purposes for which it is designed. i

Vhile I have shown the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that minor changes in the size, shape and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A. hat holder, the combination with a support, a pair of fastening elements pivoted to the supportat predetermined spaced points, the outer threaded ends of the fastening projecting beyond the face of the support, a crown receiving frame, a pair of diametrically opposed spring arms carried by the frame, the inner end portions of the spring arms being curved outwardly with respect to the support, the outer end portions of the spring arms being curved horizontally with keyhole slots, the larger ends of the slots being disposed adjacent the curved portions of the arms, the distance between the extremities of the spring arms being greater than the distance between the fastening elements, said key hole slots cooperating with the fasteners for permitting the detachable engagement of the hat holder with respect to the support, the curved portions of the arms permitting the same to be forcibly actuated to attach or detach the holders with respect to the fasteners, a hat holder comprising an elongated slot strip of metal which is slit longitudinally at its intermediate portion, the divided intermediate portion of the strip being bowed outwardly in opposite directions to form a ring like frame structure, the end portions of the strip forming means for attaching the device to a support.

2A A hat holder, the combination with a support, a pair of fastening elements pivoted to the support at predetermined spaced points, the outer threaded ends of the fastening projecting beyond the face ef the support, a crown receiving frame, a'pair of diametrically opposed spring arms carried by the frame, the inner end portions of the spring arms being curved outwardly with respect to the support, the outer end portions of the spring arms being curved horizontally with keyhole. slots, the larger ends of the slots being disposed adjacent the curved portions of the arms, the distance between the extremities of the spring arms being greater' than the distance between the fastening elements, said key hole slots cooperating with the fasteners for permitting the detachable engagement of the hat holder with respect to the support, the curved portions of the arms permitting the same to be forcibly actuated to attach or detach the holders With respect to the fasteners, a hat holder comprising an elongated slot strip of metal Which is slit longitudinally at its intermediate portion, tliedivided intermediate portion of the strip being bowed outwardly in opposite directions to form a ring like frame structure, the end portions of the strip being bent to form 'spring arms, each of said spring arms being provided With means for facilitating the attachment of the device to a support.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature.

JACOB RUBIN. 

